Avtandil Meskhidze, Minister of Agriculture of Ajara summarized the citrus season at the Citrus Coordination HQ.
For those Companies which purchased tangerine for 1kg industrial processing for no less than 0.20 Gel, the Ministry of Agriculture of Adjara issued a subsidy of GEL 0.10 per 1 kg mandarin. Accordingly, the tangerine price for industrial processing was 0.20 GEL. According to the existing data, 23 565 tons of standard Mandarin are exported to Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Poland, Qatar and Belarus. As for non-standard 8 320 tons of mandarins are received and reacted.